Mary Our Mother

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The Almighty has filled the hungry
with good things.
Luke 1:53
 


The Mother of God is our mother.
May the good mother ask and beg for us,
may she request and obtain what is good for us.

 
St. Anselm, 12th century

 
 
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A woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet...
Revelation 12:1
 


Do not be frightened or grieve,
or let your heart be dismayed.
Am I not here, who am your Mother?
And is not my help a refuge.

 
The Blessed Virgin Mary; Guadalupe Mexico, 1531

 
 
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Her children rise up and call her blessed.
Proverbs 31:28
 


Through the Blessed Mary we have been born,
not for the world, but for God.

 
St. Aelred, 12th century

 
 
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Do whatever he tells you.
Mary; John 2:5
 


Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ.
Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine,
is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values
of the Gospel.

 
Bl. John Paul II, 20th century

 
 
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Here is your mother.
Jesus; John 19:27
 


Our Mother and Heavenly Queen
will not fail to stay close to her children, and,
from her home in heaven, to guard the whole Church of Christ
and further the salvation of the whole human race.

 
Pope Paul VI, 20th century

 
 
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The mother of Jesus was there.
John 2:1
 


The Blessed Mother of Christ,
being the mother of all Christians,
shows herself a mother by her care and loving attention.

 
Bl. Guerric of Igny, 12th century

 
 
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Let it be done to me according to your word.
Luke 1:38
 


Mary encourages us with her example to welcome the will of God
and not to allow ourselves to give in to temptations of egoism and evil,
which snuff out the joy of life in the heart.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

 
 
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She is more beautiful than the sun,
and excels every constellation of the stars.
Wisdom 7:29
 


We ask you, Our Lady, you who are called the morning star,
dispel with your light the thick fog of allurements to evil
which fill our souls.

 
St. Anthony of Padua, 13th century

 

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